Take courage – talk to your teens
That’s the message one farm family wants to share, so mental health becomes a more talked-about...
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Author: Owen Roberts
Crop swing expected for Southern Ontario
Ontario’s 2018 growing season had an erratic start, weather-wise. But what followed in August...
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Flex your muscles, feed the people
Food banks depend on generous donations to serve families in need…but there’s more. Volunteers...
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This culture is hard to swallow
Trade negotiations between the U.S and Canada had a lot to do with supply management. For poultry,...
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Modified tobacco plants help reduce post-weaning diarrhea in piglets
Genetically modified (GM) tobacco has yet another therapeutic use. Studies at University of Guelph...
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Owen Roberts is an agricultural journalist and communications instructor based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He is a trustee on the Global Foundation for Agricultural Journalism and an associate editor (communications) for the Journal of Agromedicine. Previously, Owen was president of the International Forum for Agricultural Journalists, an agricultural communications faculty member at the University of Illinois, and research communications director at the University of Guelph. His programs and research papers have been recognized through awards from the Journal of Applied Communications, the National Agri-Marketing Association, the Association for Communications Excellence and the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation.